{"product_id":"founding-fathers-10-unofficial-pocket-guides","title":"Founding Fathers: 10 Unofficial Pocket Guides","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first in the Great Singapore Stories series comprises 10 books in an attractive collection on the “FOUNDING FATHERS” who were at the start of the Great Adventure of Independent Singapore. What do we know of the Singapore story today?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe dismiss the past as dry history, a list of dates or milestones of events. How many people know:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe huge effort to relocate our people from farms to flats?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe secretive efforts to build Singapore’s defence force?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingapore’s industrialisation drive – once called “Goh’s folly”?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach book in FOUNDING FATHERS has:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe story of one Singapore founder and his contribution in the endeavour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egrowing-up days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esurprising things we never knew about the man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat others say about him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esnapshots linking the past to present-day context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erarely seen pictures from family archives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitles:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Marshall - The Legal Eagle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevan Nair - The Rebel With A Cause\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEddie Barker - The Gentleman Politician\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoh Keng Swee - The Master Sculptor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLee Kuan Yew - The Man of Firsts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLim Kim San - The Big Builder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOng Pang Boon - The Bespectacled Crime Buster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOthman Wok - The Dashing Peacemaker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS. Rajaratnam - The Voice of a Nation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToh Chin Chye - The Quiet Revolutionary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Straits Times Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47604364476713,"sku":"9789814266758","price":28.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/9789814266758-_Founding_Fathers_series_of_10_volumes_on_Singapore_s_political_pioneers__HR.jpg?v=1706938455","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/founding-fathers-10-unofficial-pocket-guides","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}